Cruise ship passengers were left floating in the sea after a catamaran sank during a day trip in the Caribbean.
The small boat was transporting passengers from the "Mein Schiff 1" cruise when it began to sink near to Dominican Republic over the weekend.
Footage showed a number of people wearing life jackets bobbing in the sea, while the top of the boat could be seen poking above the water.
The Dominican Navy helped bring them to safety after the 40ft catamaran sank, according to The Sun.
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The nationalities of those who were onboard is currently unknown.
The local port authority stated: "The Dominican Republic Navy is working closely with local authorities to identify those responsible and take measures to prevent such an incident from happening again."
The excursion boat was transporting 55 passengers at the time of the incident, local media reports.
It had been ferrying people from the cruise ship operated by Tui.
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A spokesman for the travel company said: "The excursion catamaran from an external provider sank during an excursion."
The cruise ship is currently on its way to Costa Maya, Mexico, according to tracker service CruiseMapper.
It can carry up to 2,894 passengers.
The Dominican Republic saw more than seven million visitor arrivals by plane up to September of this year, figures from the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic show.
Its highest month was in July, when 973,576 passenger arrivals were recorded.
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